Mexican Revolution (1884-1940)

Flashcards for key figures, events, and concepts of the Mexican Revolution (1884-1940)

_ did not enforce separation between church and state, allowing the church to own land.

Porfirio Diaz

The _ was aimed to keep order, relied on the secretary of war, the army, the secretary of the interior and rurales.

Rurales

In 1910, % of Mexicans were illiterate.

81

Mexican Indians lost ancestral lands in .

Ejidos

In 1906, a engineering company was given the largest oil concession.

British

_ is the political system involved in why Porfirio Díaz remained in power for so long.

Clientelism

The included treating indigenous populations poorly and the railroad system.

Reasons Porfirio Díaz can be blamed for the start of the Mexican Revolution

Madero's Plan de San Luis Potosí (October, 1910) included returned to Indians.

Land

Zapata's Plan de Ayala (Nov. 1911) claimed that agrarian reform was essential for a new government to address and called for land .

Expropriation

Carranza's Plan de Guadalupe (1913) had no call for _.

Social reforms

_ Doctrine happened in 1918.

Carranza

Germany sent the in 1917 to encourage Mexico to fight against the US.

Zimmerman Telegram

_ created 1000 schools and 2000 libraries particularly in rural areas; Taught spanish, nutrition hygiene towards preventing disease; Redefined idea of what it is to be mexican through muralist movement.

Obregon

_ set to run in 1928 elections, law which forbade holding more than 1 term stood in his way, then was assassinated July 20th , 1928 after being electing President but before assuming his post.

Obregon

ended bloody Cristero Revolt.

Portes Gil

_ was forced to resign for health reasons

Ortiz Rubio

General Rodriguez completed final years Of maximato and let the peso float instead of being pegged to US dollar

Abelardo

Calles enforced anti-church aspects of 1917 const., which then caused the

Cristero Rebellion

Cardenas closed down gambling and prostitution houses and Encouraged workers to carry out strikes for better wages.

Aims

José Vasconcelos employed _ to redefine Mexican ideas of identity and history.

Muralists